At one time 80–90% of major films were shot in Los Angeles. That number is now 25–30%. Tim Dillon argues the industry didn't leave — it was driven out by arrogant governance, and what remains is a museum of a place that used to be cool.
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Joe Rogan catalogues his own recent LA experience: landing to find a warehouse ablaze with 85 million tons of chemicals, a car fire on the 405, and the general sensation of being evicted by nature and bad decisions. Dillon argues LA's core problem is structural: it arrogantly assumed the film industry would stay forever, overtaxed and overregulated it, and watched production flee to other states and countries. He quotes Santino's line that what remains is 'Hollywood the sequel' — not the real thing, just a second version of it. The Detroit comparison lands hardest: the only thing that might save LA is the weather, because the industry is gone.
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Hollywood production that once accounted for 80–90% of major film shoots now represents only 25–30%, as overtaxation and overregulation drove studios to other states and countries.
Sam built Algrow, a SaaS for finding viral content formats, with zero coding experience using ChatGPT and Cursor. Six months later: 10,000 users, $14K/month in revenue.
Sam's first MVP threw an application error on its very first user — and he shipped it anyway. The core idea worked, and that was enough to validate the product and keep users coming back.
Sam joined Discord voice chats, muted himself, and silently screen-shared his product. Users in the chat started tagging him asking what the tool was. No pitch needed — curiosity did the selling.
Most founders post links in Discord and immediately get banned for self-promotion. Sam's approach was the opposite: build rapport, help people with the tool, let word of mouth do the work.
Find where your ICP lives. Listen before building. Validate with DMs and Loom recordings. Build in public with users inside your own Discord server. Turn early adopters into advocates with free access.
Instead of fearing the self-promo ban in large Discord servers, create your own private server for your product. You funnel in ideal customers and build a relationship that email can't replicate.
Algrow helps creators find and replicate viral video formats, starting at $25/month. It analyzes subscriber counts, average views, and trending formats — and can even generate the videos with AI.
After weeks of Sam silently screen-sharing in a Discord server, the server owner — unprompted — made a full YouTube promotional video about Algrow. Sam paid nothing and asked for nothing.
Producer Gus admits Discord never crossed his mind as a customer acquisition channel. Pat connects the insight to a broader lesson: match your distribution channel to where your actual customers live.
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